A full-day intensive in Time-Based Therapy — from the neurological foundations to complete clinical protocol. For therapists ready to create rapid, lasting change.
Most therapists deal with these frustrations quietly. Here's what it typically looks like.
Session after session, they revisit the same event. They understand it. They've processed it. But nothing changes — because insight alone doesn't resolve the anchor.
A 45-year-old professional who panics at the sound of a raised voice. You know there's something underneath — but you don't have a protocol for reaching it safely.
You've heard about age regression. You know it can be powerful. But you've never been trained in the dissociative observer technique that makes it safe — so you avoid it.
You still describe emotion as something that "builds up" and needs to be "released." Contemporary neuroscience says otherwise — but nobody showed you the alternative.
CBT gives you tools for the surface. But the Initial Sensitising Event — the moment the pattern was written — is still running underneath, untouched.
They've done the homework. They've tried the techniques. They need something that operates at the root of the Gestalt — not another worksheet.
"In over two decades of clinical practice, the single most common frustration therapists share with me is this: they know the problem started somewhere in the past — they can feel it — but they have no structured, safe protocol for going back and resolving it at the source. Time-Based Therapy changes that."
The problem isn't that the past affects the present. Of course it does. The problem is that most therapists were never given a structured clinical protocol for intervening at the level of the original anchor sequence.
The man who snaps at a colleague because of something done to him at age four is not irrational — he is running a perfectly coherent programme written decades ago. Time-Based Therapy gives you the tools to locate, access, and recalibrate those programmes — not by talking about them endlessly, but by intervening at the level of the anchor sequence itself.
This is not symptom management. This is root-cause resolution.
This is not a workshop about theory or history. It is a skills-based, neuroscience-grounded intensive built on real clinical frameworks — the same tools Gordon Young uses and teaches in professional therapeutic training at IAP.
You will leave with a complete, repeatable session framework rooted in Gestalt psychology, Ericksonian hypnosis, and contemporary neuroscience. Not guesswork. Not scripts. A structured protocol that produces demonstrable change within a single intensive session.
Whether you're a clinical hypnotherapist, counsellor, psychologist, or NLP practitioner, this protocol integrates with your existing practice and gives you a new clinical dimension.
The intensive moves through six structured modules with supervised practice throughout. You'll have genuine opportunity to apply each technique before moving on.
The protocol doesn't change. Only the context does. Whether you're in a clinic, a consulting room, or building your practice — the skills are the same.
Add a structured, neuroscience-grounded regression protocol to your clinical toolkit. The TBT framework gives you a repeatable session workflow for accessing and resolving the Initial Sensitising Event — the root of your client's pattern — safely and reliably.
If you've been looking for a structured protocol that goes beyond CBT homework and talk therapy — one that operates at the level of root cause — this intensive will give you a powerful new clinical dimension. Immediately applicable with clients.
Deepen your understanding of timeline work with a clinical-grade protocol grounded in contemporary neuroscience. Walk away with the complete TBT framework — from theory to supervised practice — and a credential that differentiates your professional practice.
Gordon Young is the founder of the Institute of Applied Psychology (RTO #70206), one of Australia's leading providers of nationally accredited training in clinical hypnosis, strategic psychotherapy, NLP, and counselling. He is also President of the Hypnotherapy Council of Australia.
Over more than two decades, Gordon has trained thousands of therapists, coaches, and helping professionals, and worked directly with thousands of clients in clinical practice. His integrative framework — Gordian Therapy — synthesises Metacognitive Therapy, CBT, Strategic Psychotherapy, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy into a practical, present-focused approach to lasting change.
He is the author of The Anxiety Trap, The Fear Trap, Don't Judge Me, The Addiction Myth, and the forthcoming Why People Drive You Crazy — the book on which this workshop is based.
Gordon is known for training that is direct, clinically grounded, and immediately useful. No fluff. No performance. Just tools that work.
"The distinction between the process model and the reservoir model alone was worth the entire day. It has completely changed how I describe what I am doing to clients — and how I evaluate results."
"I have done timeline training before, but IAP's approach is in a different class. The neuroscience grounding gave me confidence I have never had in this work. I used the protocol the following week and the results were extraordinary."
"As a psychologist wanting to expand my toolkit without abandoning my clinical framework, this day gave me everything I needed. Practical, rigorous, and immediately applicable. The OPD points were a bonus."
Your clients are running programmes written decades ago — and every session spent managing symptoms instead of resolving the root anchor is a session that could have gone further. This protocol gives you a structured path to the Initial Sensitising Event.
The reservoir model of emotion is still dominant in clinical practice, despite being refuted by contemporary neuroscience. This intensive replaces it with an accurate, clinically actionable understanding that sharpens every intervention you deliver — not just timeline work.
These skills compound. The dissociative observer technique, the timeline mapping, the ability to hold a structured regression safely — these transfer to every modality you practise, and they get stronger with use.
This is a full day of supervised practice, not a lecture. You will leave having applied the complete TBT protocol under facilitator guidance — with a certificate and OPD documentation to show for it.
Places are limited. Gordon keeps cohorts small to allow for genuine practice, facilitator feedback, and Q&A time. When places are gone, they're gone.
A carefully paced day of theory, demonstration, and supervised practice.
Gestalt psychology, NLP lineage, Ericksonian hypnosis, and the process model of emotion. Why Time-Based Therapy works — and what it is actually doing neurologically.
In-through vs on-through orientations. Observer positioning. Identifying the temporal direction and spatial layout of the client's internal timeline.
One hour — please arrange your own lunch.
Live demonstration by Gordon Young, followed by supervised paired practice. ISE identification, resourced regression, anchor recalibration, and future-pacing.
How to incorporate TBT into existing practice frameworks. Ethical boundaries, contraindications, documentation, and client preparation protocols.
Open questions, consolidation of learning, and formal presentation of your Practitioner of Time Based Therapy certificate.
Day ends.
Join Gordon Young for a one-day intensive that will give you a complete clinical protocol for Time-Based Therapy — for good.
This course is designed for qualified therapists — counsellors, psychologists, hypnotherapists, NLP practitioners, and other mental health professionals. A basic familiarity with trance induction is helpful for the practical component, but the day is structured to be accessible to therapists without a formal hypnotherapy qualification who are comfortable working with altered states.
A full-day intensive with IAP typically qualifies for 7 hours of structured CPD. The exact points credited will depend on your professional body's calculation method. IAP will provide formal documentation of attendance, content scope, and both theory and practical hours for submission.
Time-Based Therapy as taught at IAP draws on the same theoretical lineage — Gestalt psychology, NLP, and Ericksonian hypnotherapy — but is presented as IAP's own clinical curriculum and is not affiliated with Tad James' trademarked Time Line Therapy® programme. The IAP approach integrates contemporary neuroscience (the process model of emotion) that meaningfully updates some of the original framework's assumptions.
Yes — and understanding dissociative observer technique is especially relevant to trauma work. The course specifically addresses how to conduct regression work without re-traumatisation, and covers contraindications for clients with complex trauma histories.
Please contact IAP directly on 1300 915 497 as soon as possible if your circumstances change. Transfer to a future date is possible depending on availability. The enrolment fee is non-refundable within 14 days of the event date, but transferable to a future IAP event within 12 months.
The workshop is held at IAP's Sydney training rooms. Confirmed venue details including address, parking information, and nearby public transport will be provided in your enrolment confirmation email. If you have specific access requirements, please advise IAP at time of booking.